Oxford council votes to fund new traffic study near new FEDEX facility

The Oxford city council Tuesday approved an additional traffic study at the future site of a FED EX facility in Eastaboga.  The council hopes the new study will help ease the fears of area residents concerned about the increased traffic. Residents along Fish Hatchery Lane  expressed concern about possible accidents caused by FedEx tractor trailer trucks along the narrow roads. The council agreed Tuesday to pay Birmingham engineering firm Sain and Associates $5,000 to conduct the traffic study. The study comes at the request of the Alabama Department of Transportation.  The first traffic study, done in January by Sain and Associates, came with recommendations to widen Fish Hatchery Road.  State transportation officials requested the second study to determine if installing turn lanes on U.S. 78 into the FedEx facility would be the best option. U.S. 78 intersects with Fish Hatchery Lane at the FedEx site.